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Thieves Grab €88 Million Louvre Crown Jewels, Escape on Motorbikes

7/13/2026

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Abdoulaye N. and Ghelamallah A. stole eight French crown jewels from the Louvre’s Galerie d’Apollon on 19 October 2025, escaping on motorbikes with jewellery worth €88 million.
They say they were recruited days earlier, misled into targeting a Paris jewellery workshop, and paid €15,000-€25,000 by an unnamed organiser who showed them gallery video.
The Crown of Empress Eugénie was dropped and recovered near the museum, while the suspects refused to identify the organiser, fearing reprisals.

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Abdoulaye N. and Ghelamallah A. stole eight French crown jewels from the Louvre’s Galerie d’Apollon on 19 October 2025, escaping on motorbikes with jewellery worth €88 million.
They say they were recruited days earlier, misled into targeting a Paris jewellery workshop, and paid €15,000-€25,000 by an unnamed organiser who showed them gallery video.
The Crown of Empress Eugénie was dropped and recovered near the museum, while the suspects refused to identify the organiser, fearing reprisals.